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Roderick Deane

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270:, Deane led those elements within the Reserve Bank calling for a devaluation of the New Zealand dollar. Speculation on international markets that the incoming New Zealand government would devalue the currency led to the Reserve Bank needing to defend the fixed currency in the markets, causing losses of hundreds of millions of dollars. The defeated Prime Minister, Muldoon, refused to devalue the currency; a constitutional crisis ensued, during which the incoming Government directed Muldoon to devalue. During the crisis, Deane took the unprecedented step of closing the New Zealand currency to international trading pending settlement of the dispute. 420: 47: 298:. He also oversaw a range of other reforms to the public sector, including changes in the wage determination processes to liberalise these, the re-organization of the public service to reduce substantially the number of public servants and to improve the efficiency of many government departments, and changes designed to improve the clarity of 407:
Deane occupied over many years senior positions in the IHC, including that of President, and oversaw a period of great change for people with an intellectual handicap, change enabling them to live more normal lives in the wider community. Closure of the country's special schools and psychopaedic
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Group and oversaw a major restructuring of that Group in 1999–2000 to rationalise and improve its performance. This involved several commercial transactions which were the largest of their kind at that time. Deane also sits on the advisory board of Pacific Road Corporate Finance.
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institutions facilitated this process, which also involved young people moving into normal schools and IHC buying many hundreds of houses to provide an environment as close as possible to normal living for intellectually handicapped people in regular communities.
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as New Zealand's largest listed company, Deane became Chief Executive of the new entity. He held this role until his retirement on 1 October 1999, when he became the non-executive Chairman of Telecom. In the
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Deane worked at the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, rapidly becoming Chief Economist, then Deputy Governor in 1982. During this period, Deane tended to clash with Prime Minister and Finance Minister
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From 2000 to 2003 Deane held a personal Chair as Professor of Economics and Management at Victoria University of Wellington, which awarded him an honorary Doctorate of Laws.
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Deane and his wife Gillian have actively supported the arts as patrons for many years, and they currently serve as Joint Patrons of the
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in Sydney and Chairman of the New Zealand Seed Fund. He was Chairman of New Zealand's largest listed company,
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model and published many papers in this area. He authored and edited a range of books on monetary policy and
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Deane also served as Chairman of ANZ National Bank from 1999 and for many years as a Director of the
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In 1987 Deane became Chief Executive of New Zealand's then-largest state-owned enterprise, the
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Foundation and functioned for many years as its chairman during the directorship of
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from 1974 to 1976. While at the Reserve Bank, Deane published numerous papers on
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Limited from 2001 to 31 March 2010. He had earlier served as Chairman of the
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in 1968. During his doctoral research, Deane began corresponding with future
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The Queen's Birthday and Diamond Jubilee Honours 2012
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from 2000, which encompasses what was previously the
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Deane served as Alternate Executive Director of the
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Knights Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit
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Academic staff of Victoria University of Wellington
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In 2009, he was inducted into the 437:New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal 320:(ECNZ), often known as Electricorp. 984:21st-century New Zealand economists 949:20th-century New Zealand economists 775:Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand 624:Small, Vernon; NZPA (5 July 2000). 597:"Rod Deane takes over at Fletchers" 470: 376:Retirement and voluntary activities 13: 979:Businesspeople awarded knighthoods 849:Roderick Deane: His Life and Times 653:"Telecom chairman Deane to retire" 539:"New CEO pushes Telecom's agility" 266:In 1984, with the election of the 14: 995: 870: 441:New Zealand Business Hall of Fame 286:. Along with Minister of Finance 191:Victoria University of Wellington 816: 791: 759: 731: 700:Vaughan, Gareth (3 June 2009). 435:In 1990, Deane was awarded the 693: 671: 645: 617: 558: 530: 464: 352:. He chaired the Board of the 187:New Plymouth Boys' High School 19:For the Japanese athlete, see 1: 457: 427:by the governor-general, Sir 944:New Zealand chief executives 657:The National Business Review 172: 7: 954:New Zealand public servants 896:State Services Commissioner 274:State Services Commissioner 222:International Monetary Fund 209:Reserve Bank of New Zealand 163:Reserve Bank of New Zealand 10: 1000: 847:; Bassett, Judith (2006). 837: 726:Bassett & Bassett 2006 702:"Waters to chair Fletcher" 452:New Zealand Order of Merit 414: 306:within the public sector. 259: 154:Sir Roderick Sheldon Deane 18: 902: 893: 885: 566:"Ex-Telecom chief lauded" 423:Deane's investiture as a 280:State Services Commission 203: 147: 120: 115: 111: 99: 87: 75: 64: 57: 53: 44: 30: 879:Roderick Deane's website 877:independenteconomics.com 339:Top 200 Corporate Awards 268:Fourth Labour government 828:The New Zealand Gazette 370:unbundle the local loop 362:City Gallery Wellington 328:Telecom Chief Executive 302:and the enhancement of 296:State-Owned Enterprises 744:The New Zealand Herald 631:The New Zealand Herald 602:The New Zealand Herald 571:The New Zealand Herald 544:The New Zealand Herald 516:The New Zealand Herald 432: 125:Roderick Sheldon Deane 803:Business Hall of Fame 422: 195:Reserve Bank Governor 16:New Zealand economist 826:" (28 June 2012) 74 681:. 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Index

Genki Dean
KNZM

Chairman of the State Services Commission
David Lange
Mervyn Probine
Don Hunn
Auckland
KNZM
Reserve Bank of New Zealand
Telecom New Zealand
Auckland
Ōpunake
New Plymouth Boys' High School
Victoria University of Wellington
Reserve Bank Governor
Don Brash
Robert Muldoon
International Monetary Fund
monetary
exchange-rate
fiscal policy
macroeconometric
financial-sector
external sector
foreign investment
New Zealand constitutional crisis, 1984
Fourth Labour government
State Services Commission
public service

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